Douglas Banks speaks with ABC News about being a descendant of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings. Rev. W. Douglas Banks arrived in Virginia by train carrying a hand-drawn family tree, returning to ...

George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison, among others—don’t appear among the signatories of the Declaration ...

Seventy-four people from 36 countries took the last step to become United States citizens Saturday morning at President ...

America's 74 newest citizens took their oaths Saturday at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello estate, braving triple-digit ...

Second lady Usha Vance is looking to break records after she allowed the one person who makes her husband buckle to appear on ...

In Philadelphia, extreme temperatures forced the cancellation of some events, including the city’s big parade and a ...

On July 4, 2026, many Americans celebrated Independence Day amid a heat wave, contrasting sharply with the pleasant weather ...

The Declaration of Independence has been quoted by abolitionists, suffragists, socialists, civil rights activists, and the ...

Philadelphia was a breezy 76 degrees on July 4, 1776, while America’s 250th birthday swelters under a dangerous triple-digit ...

As Americans prepare to celebrate the nation's 250th birthday, weather records kept by Thomas Jefferson offer a fascinating ...

Thomas Paine saw beyond the quarrels over taxes and trade regulations to envision a much grander conflict between monarchical rule and a republican future.

Few rivalries in American history have been as consequential — or as personal — as the one between John Adams and Thomas ...